Friday, March 21, 2008

Tent Cities

1 comment:

i want to answer this question with a question.. why was i, a diner waitress able to predict exactly this scenario five or more years ago and still hundreds of thousands of people with better jobs and more book learned intelligence than i will ever dream of having signed on the dotted line for billions of dollars they could never repay offered to them in cloaked too good to be true loans... and no one seemed to notice what was going on... you tell me... and we'll both know....

What is a boricua?

Puerto Ricans often proudly identify themselves as Boricua, from the Taíno word Boriken, to illustrate their recognition of their Taíno heritage. The word Boriken, which translates to "the great land of the valiant and noble Lord", was used by the original Taíno Indian population to refer to the island of Puerto Rico before the arrival of the Spanish. The use of the word Boricua has been popularized in the island and abroad by descendents of Puerto Rico heritage, commonly using the phrase, "Yo soy Boricua" ("I am Boricua", or "I am Puerto Rican") to identify themselves as Puerto Ricans.